Ada Initiative Launches Today

Launched today, The Ada Initiative is a new non-profit organization dedicated to increasing participation of women in open technology and culture.

Launched today, by co-founders Mary Gardiner and Valerie Aurora, The Ada Initiative looks to increase women's participation in open source software, Wikipedia and other open data, open social media and more.

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"Project Harmony is like Creative Commons for contributor agreements. We've set out to capture the best practices of free and open source software contributions, across a diverse array of project cultures, communities, and values." said Allison Randal, a community participant in Project Harmony. "The public review process for the Alpha versions of the documents launches today, and runs through May 6th. After a year of hard work by the original ~100 drafting volunteers, we're really looking forward to broader participation in this public review."